I am not fan of managers, but these are people with families behind them. 1,700 is a lot of families that may go into stress and who knows what. Let's just now talk about them as if they were just rows in a database.
(I am not saying OP is talking like that about them, but I am seeing some responses that do...)
(I am not saying OP is talking like that about them, but I am seeing some responses that do...)